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Dec 20, 2024 · Incarceration and justice reform’s ripple effects continue to be felt heavily in our society. Our prison news coverage delves into the complex issues surrounding the penal system, shedding light on the ongoing challenges and reforms that impact the lives of those behind bars and the communities they return to- including reporting by prison journalist Steve Brooks, who was selected to ...
California study finds climate of fear driving local officials to quit ...
Jan 5, 2025 · Rising threats against public officials is a national problem. Between 2013 and 2016, there were, on average, 38 federal charges involving threats to public officials per year, according to the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education Center, a research center.That average sharply increased between 2017 and 2022, when an average of 62 federal charges were brought annually ...
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‘Dog Man’ series, Spears memoir top charts of SJ library’s most borrowed books in 2024. San Jose Public Library has released lists of the books that were checked out the most by library visitors in 2024, with Britney Spears’ memoir leading among adults and a book in the “Dog Man” series by Dav Pilkey the most checked-out title among children and among all age groups.
From 1,000 to zero: The loss of public news racks in San Francisco
4 days ago · Ken Cacich, a 72-year old San Francisco resident, has been reading the Bay Area Reporter, one of the country’s largest LGBT newspapers, since 1975.“It’s a phenomenal paper, because it’s geared toward gay news,” Cacich says. But recently, he’s found it harder and harder to find a copy of the print publication.
Politics still local and personal — but only for independents, not ...
Jun 15, 2024 · The same is true for other significant political questions: Independents’ political views and perspectives on key issues also reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day.. In contrast, Democrats’ and Republicans’ ideas of what problems deserve government attention and how to solve them are much less likely to be based on their own life experiences, and ...
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Jun 30, 2022 · Latest Stockton News Stockton is one of the most racially diverse large cities in America, with many untold stories on issues that matter. With support
The California mandate and San Francisco’s housing debate
Oct 12, 2024 · The labels, “NIMBY” and “YIMBY,” are all too familiar these days, but beyond the blunt edges of those characterizations lies an intricate policy debate on housing that will shape the future of California cities in profound ways.And ground zero is San Francisco. Under a state housing plan passed in 2022 and subsequently modified too …
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Berkeley Journalism has a long history of supporting journalism at San Quentin. Professor Bill Drummond, who covered prison issues for the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s, has taught college courses for dozens of prisoners at San Quentin since 2012. He has also taught a UC Berkeley Journalism class, which received the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Service to the Community in 2015, that ...
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